Re: THE 40D HEATS UP!

Annika1980 wrote:
> Temperatures rose above the 100°F mark today in the Scenic City so you
> know what that means.  Dragonflies!
> I figure if you're gonna be hot you might as well go down to the local
> swamp and get really hot!
> 
> Here's a few shots from today's lunch hour:
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540259/original
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> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540260
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540261
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540262
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> http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/100540263
> 
> And with the sun so high in the sky, it is a perfect time to click off
> an infrared shot.
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/image/100540264
> 
> Who Rules lunch hours?  It's the Awesome 40D, of course!
> 
Interesting pictures of interesting insects. About 30 years ago I saw 
one of the heavy-bodied type in a territorial with one of the darning 
needle type(just like your blue). The larger one caught the slender one 
right behind its head. It fell about two feet into the water and was 
just a very small crumpled mass by the time it hit. I wish I could have 
gotten my Canon FTBn going in time to catch the action. I did get one 
territorial fight picture at about the same time. Two green lizards, 
variously called axolotls, anoles and (incorrectly) chameleons fighting 
to the death on a palmetto leaf. The winner had the loser by the neck, 
with blood streaming down. I'm sorry to say that I was never able to get 
a good scan of it.
Allen